FIFA have continued their firm stance of not allowing England and Scotland from having poppies on their jerseys at next week’s massive World Cup qualifier at Wembley.

With the Group F game falling on Armistice Day, football’s governing body have ruled out the symbol of memorial, suggesting that it carries a political statement, that is forbidden under the FIFA rule where no political, religious or commercial messages can be seen on shirts.

Former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Joe Keshi, said that though the outcome of Brexit referendum portends uncertainties for the future of Britain, he urged Nigerian leaders to learn from it by taking various ethnic agitations in the country very seriously.

Keshi said the referendum which is taking Britain out of the European Union has also spurred Scotland and Ireland to renew moves to gain independence from the United Kingdom, especially the former which has gathered over […]